Colossians 1:7 BSB — MannaFest

Colossians 1:7

You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

even as ye learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

KJV

As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

As ye also learned of Epaphras - Epaphras was then with Paul. Phm 1:23. He had probably been sent to him by the church at Colossae to consult him in reference to some matters pertaining to the church there.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The insertion implied that those inserting it thought that Paul had preached the Gospel to the Colossians as well as Epaphras, Whereas the omission in the oldest manuscripts implies that Epaphras alone was the founder of the Church at Colosse. of--"from Epaphras." dear--Greek, "beloved." fellow servant--namely, of Christ.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
ἐμάθετε	emathete	you learned	G3129 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
Ἐπαφρᾶ	Epaphra	Epaphras	G1889 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἀγαπητοῦ	agapētou	beloved	G27 →
συνδούλου	sundoulou	fellow bond-servant	G4889 →
ἡμῶν,	hēmōn	of us,	G3165 →
ὅς	hos	who	G3739 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
πιστὸς	pistos	faithful	G4103 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	on behalf of	G5228 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
διάκονος	diakonos	a servant	G1249 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Χριστοῦ,	Christou	of Christ,	G5547 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 4:2
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
leads to
- Matthew 25:21
  His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
- Luke 12:42
  And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
- Luke 16:10–12
  Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
- Proverbs 13:17
  A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
- Numbers 12:7
  But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
Through
Hebrews 2:17
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement…
leads to
- Hebrews 4:14
  Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
- Philippians 2:7–8
  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
- Hebrews 2:14
  Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,